Isabel
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, only the plot, the whole plot and nothing but the plot
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Chapter 9
The Yule Ball
The weeks went by and nothing special happened. Harry and Isabel were still in love and Hermione went once in a while to the dungeons, helping Professor Snape with potion-making and playing games of chess.
Winter came, and with it the cold and rain. The students were forced by the weather to stay inside the castle, which means no Quidditch-practice for Harry and his fellow-team-mates. They all became restless and bored.
Only the announcement on the schoolboard from Professor Dumledore could them bring out of their tendium. Lavender and Parvati were the first ones who had read it. With red cheeks they came into the Common-room, very excited.
"Have you already heard ? There is another Yule Ball coming up. The announcement is placed on the school-board where you can sign in also. We did that immediately" Lavender said and the two of them sat down in front of the fire, whispering and giggling about the Ball and what they should wair.
"That sounds great, Hermione" said Isabel. "Shall we sign in too ?"
"Of course we do, it's out last Christmas at Hogwarts, I planned to stay anyway"
"Well" said Harry, "If you insist, I will also stay this year" and the four of them started to laugh. They all knew Harry never went back at Christmas to his uncle and aunt, he'd rather not go there in the summer-holidays as well, but he had to.
They stood up and went to the Entrance Hall to sign in. Most of the students did, so it was very crowded. As it was their turn to put their names on the parchment, Hermione read that there was also an extra Hogsmeade-weekend arranged, so they could buy new dresses.
"Look" she said to Isabel "We're lucky. I really need to have a new dress, I guess I don't fit in the one I bought last year".
"O.K. then, next weekend we go shopping. I don't have a dress, anyway. And I still need a few more presents for Christmas".
***
And so it happened that Hermione and Isabel went to the tailor in Hogsmeade. Lucky for them not everyone needed new robes, so the shop wasn't very crowded that particular day.
"Can I help you?" a nice young witch asked the girls.
"Yes, please, we are looking for new robes for the Yule Ball at Hogwarts" Hermione said.
Isabel had started to look into the range of clothes and picked up a beautiful dark-blue velvet dress with a nice short bolero-jacket.
"Look at this, Hermione. Harry would love this one, don't you think ?"
"I think he does indeed, come on, put it on then."
Isabel went into the changing-room and a few minutes later she walked out. She looked like a real princess in that dress, which was perfect for her.
"You really should take that one" said Hermione enthousiastically.
"If you like it, I've got that dress in different colours" the saleswoman said. "dark-red, dark-green, ..."
Hermione looked at her friend. "You don't mind, do you ?"
Isabel waved her hand. "Of course not. I like the idea of us getting to the Ball in almost the same dress. If it is true that we look like eachother, we can act like we're sisters. Come on, try the green one, I think that one's best for you. And, besides, I think HE will really like you in green."
Hermione put her tongue out and went to the changing room with the green dress. She had to admit that her friend was right. Green was definately her colour. The dress hugged her curves deliciously and her brown curls fell on her shoulders, it made her look more beautiful then ever.
"I'll take this one."
Half an hour later they left the shop. They didn't only have bought dresses, but also matching shoes and sexy underwear. "The underwear is the finishing touch. Nobody's going to see it, but I feel more sexy when I wair it under my dress" Hermione stated and Isabel had to agree.
*** As the day of the Yule Ball approached, Hermione became more nervous. She hoped that Professor Snape, ( she has started calling him Severus in her thoughts, so I will continue calling him that too, only form her point of view) liked her dressed like this and that he would agree dancing with her.
She had no partner for the Ball. Neville had asked her, twice, but she didn't really wanted to have a date that night.
At five o'clock that afternoon Hermione and Isabel went to Hermiones room to dress themselves up. The had decided to wear exactly the same make-up and to wear their hair in the same way. Both of them created a loose bun on the back of her head and loosened a few strands of curls, which fell beside her face.
When they walked downstairs from their room into the Common-room, Harry was alreading waiting for them.
"Both of you look very beautiful" he said and he planted a kiss on both girls' cheek. He offered the both of them an arm and they went downstairs, to the Great Hall.
The Hall was beautiful decorated in Christmas-style, with twelve trees in the house-coulours. The usual long tables were removed and instead there were more than thirty round tables. Hermione took place at one of them with Harry, Isabel, Ron, Parvati, Lavender, Neville and Seamus.
As she sat down, she took a careful glance at the table where the teachers were seated and looked right into Severus' eyes.
***
He hadn't noticed he was staring at Hermione, until she waved at him. His cheeks reddened a bit and immediately he looked away. 'Wow, she really looked very sexy in that dress' he thought and slapped himself inwardly in the face. He knew it wasn't right to think about her in that way, but it was true, she really looked very beautiful and more adult than her 17 years. But theoretical she was 18 now, because of the use of the time-turner in her third year.
He would love to dance with het later that night, but he was afraid that he couldn't hide his feelings for her. He knew he was in love with her, he had discovered that a few weeks ago. It was wrong for a teacher to fall in love with a student, but it felt so right. 'Anyway, in a few months she would leave Hogwarts and disappears out of my life' he thought with pain in his heart. But maybe that was the best, she was so young and life had much for her in reserve.
***
Hermione couldn't help staring at Severus. He looked really handsome this evening, of course in black, but it really suited him. She didn't had the intention to wait until he would ask her for a dance, she knew she had to wait until the day Harry and Draco would be each other's best friends.( As if that's going to happen !!!) She decided to ask him herself later, but she knew she had to ask other teachers as well, otherwise it would be too obvious.
"Hello, Hermione, are you still there?" asked Isabel
Hermione woke from her daydream.
"After dinner you are free to go wherever you want to, dear, but you've got to eat first" Isabel whispered, teasing her.
"Yes, mother" answered Hermione and turned to chat with her friends
***
After dinner Professor Dumbledore asked everyone to stand up. He clapped his hands and immediately the tables and chairs shoved aside, creating a dancefloor in the middle of the Hall.
"As promised there in a Ball tonight. May I introduce the Weird Sisters, who were delighted to come back and play again here at Hogwarts." He applauded and a few witches and wizards with strange-looking musical instruments appeared on stage.
"Cool, a few years ago they played here too at another Ball, they are really good" Hermione explained at Isabel, while applauding.
Professor Dumbledore asked Professor McGonagall for the first dance and within a few seconds the whole dancefloor was filled with couples. Ron asked Hermione for a dance and after him she danced with Neville and a seventh-year Ravenclaw. After a few dances she went to sit aside to rest for a while.
"You look lovely tonight, Miss Granger, my compliments" a soft voice whispered in her ear. Hermione felt goosebumps rise and looked aside as Severus came sitting next to her.
"Are you having a good time?"
Hermione nodded. 'Well, it's now or never' she thought and took a deep breath.
"Yes, Professor, I'm really enjoying myself, but I think it would be more enjoyable if you would care to dance with me"
Severus smiled at her. He knew he wanted that more than anything else, but he also knew it wasn't very reasonable. But it wasn't very reasonable to refuse as well, he knew it would hurt her and he didn't want to do that either.
"I would love to, Miss Granger" he said and offered his arm.
The two of them walked to the dancefloor when the band started a new song, a Slow Waltz. Severus took Hermione in his arms as if he did that all the time and the danced like they were the only couple on the dancefloor.
***
At the teachers' table Professor Dumbledore draw Professor McGonagall's attention to Hermione and Severus. "Aren't they a beautiful couple, Minerva ?" he asked her. Professor McGonagall nodded, she really had to agree with the headmaster.
***
The dance was over too soon, but Severus wasn't planning to let Hermione go. After another Waltz and a Quickstep Professor Dumbledore tapped him on the shoulder.
"If you don't mind, Severus, there are other ones' who want to dance with such a beautiful young woman" he said and with hestitation Severus let Hermione go. He intented that he would ask Hermione for another dance later that night.
***
An hour later Hermione was chatting with her friends amicably. At the feast and during the Ball she had drunk several glasses of wine so felt a little ligtht-headed, and she had a full bladder.
"I really need to go to the toilet" she said and stood up. She left the Hall without looking around, so she didn't notice someone was following her.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, only the plot, the whole plot and nothing but the plot
***
Chapter 9
The Yule Ball
The weeks went by and nothing special happened. Harry and Isabel were still in love and Hermione went once in a while to the dungeons, helping Professor Snape with potion-making and playing games of chess.
Winter came, and with it the cold and rain. The students were forced by the weather to stay inside the castle, which means no Quidditch-practice for Harry and his fellow-team-mates. They all became restless and bored.
Only the announcement on the schoolboard from Professor Dumledore could them bring out of their tendium. Lavender and Parvati were the first ones who had read it. With red cheeks they came into the Common-room, very excited.
"Have you already heard ? There is another Yule Ball coming up. The announcement is placed on the school-board where you can sign in also. We did that immediately" Lavender said and the two of them sat down in front of the fire, whispering and giggling about the Ball and what they should wair.
"That sounds great, Hermione" said Isabel. "Shall we sign in too ?"
"Of course we do, it's out last Christmas at Hogwarts, I planned to stay anyway"
"Well" said Harry, "If you insist, I will also stay this year" and the four of them started to laugh. They all knew Harry never went back at Christmas to his uncle and aunt, he'd rather not go there in the summer-holidays as well, but he had to.
They stood up and went to the Entrance Hall to sign in. Most of the students did, so it was very crowded. As it was their turn to put their names on the parchment, Hermione read that there was also an extra Hogsmeade-weekend arranged, so they could buy new dresses.
"Look" she said to Isabel "We're lucky. I really need to have a new dress, I guess I don't fit in the one I bought last year".
"O.K. then, next weekend we go shopping. I don't have a dress, anyway. And I still need a few more presents for Christmas".
***
And so it happened that Hermione and Isabel went to the tailor in Hogsmeade. Lucky for them not everyone needed new robes, so the shop wasn't very crowded that particular day.
"Can I help you?" a nice young witch asked the girls.
"Yes, please, we are looking for new robes for the Yule Ball at Hogwarts" Hermione said.
Isabel had started to look into the range of clothes and picked up a beautiful dark-blue velvet dress with a nice short bolero-jacket.
"Look at this, Hermione. Harry would love this one, don't you think ?"
"I think he does indeed, come on, put it on then."
Isabel went into the changing-room and a few minutes later she walked out. She looked like a real princess in that dress, which was perfect for her.
"You really should take that one" said Hermione enthousiastically.
"If you like it, I've got that dress in different colours" the saleswoman said. "dark-red, dark-green, ..."
Hermione looked at her friend. "You don't mind, do you ?"
Isabel waved her hand. "Of course not. I like the idea of us getting to the Ball in almost the same dress. If it is true that we look like eachother, we can act like we're sisters. Come on, try the green one, I think that one's best for you. And, besides, I think HE will really like you in green."
Hermione put her tongue out and went to the changing room with the green dress. She had to admit that her friend was right. Green was definately her colour. The dress hugged her curves deliciously and her brown curls fell on her shoulders, it made her look more beautiful then ever.
"I'll take this one."
Half an hour later they left the shop. They didn't only have bought dresses, but also matching shoes and sexy underwear. "The underwear is the finishing touch. Nobody's going to see it, but I feel more sexy when I wair it under my dress" Hermione stated and Isabel had to agree.
*** As the day of the Yule Ball approached, Hermione became more nervous. She hoped that Professor Snape, ( she has started calling him Severus in her thoughts, so I will continue calling him that too, only form her point of view) liked her dressed like this and that he would agree dancing with her.
She had no partner for the Ball. Neville had asked her, twice, but she didn't really wanted to have a date that night.
At five o'clock that afternoon Hermione and Isabel went to Hermiones room to dress themselves up. The had decided to wear exactly the same make-up and to wear their hair in the same way. Both of them created a loose bun on the back of her head and loosened a few strands of curls, which fell beside her face.
When they walked downstairs from their room into the Common-room, Harry was alreading waiting for them.
"Both of you look very beautiful" he said and he planted a kiss on both girls' cheek. He offered the both of them an arm and they went downstairs, to the Great Hall.
The Hall was beautiful decorated in Christmas-style, with twelve trees in the house-coulours. The usual long tables were removed and instead there were more than thirty round tables. Hermione took place at one of them with Harry, Isabel, Ron, Parvati, Lavender, Neville and Seamus.
As she sat down, she took a careful glance at the table where the teachers were seated and looked right into Severus' eyes.
***
He hadn't noticed he was staring at Hermione, until she waved at him. His cheeks reddened a bit and immediately he looked away. 'Wow, she really looked very sexy in that dress' he thought and slapped himself inwardly in the face. He knew it wasn't right to think about her in that way, but it was true, she really looked very beautiful and more adult than her 17 years. But theoretical she was 18 now, because of the use of the time-turner in her third year.
He would love to dance with het later that night, but he was afraid that he couldn't hide his feelings for her. He knew he was in love with her, he had discovered that a few weeks ago. It was wrong for a teacher to fall in love with a student, but it felt so right. 'Anyway, in a few months she would leave Hogwarts and disappears out of my life' he thought with pain in his heart. But maybe that was the best, she was so young and life had much for her in reserve.
***
Hermione couldn't help staring at Severus. He looked really handsome this evening, of course in black, but it really suited him. She didn't had the intention to wait until he would ask her for a dance, she knew she had to wait until the day Harry and Draco would be each other's best friends.( As if that's going to happen !!!) She decided to ask him herself later, but she knew she had to ask other teachers as well, otherwise it would be too obvious.
"Hello, Hermione, are you still there?" asked Isabel
Hermione woke from her daydream.
"After dinner you are free to go wherever you want to, dear, but you've got to eat first" Isabel whispered, teasing her.
"Yes, mother" answered Hermione and turned to chat with her friends
***
After dinner Professor Dumbledore asked everyone to stand up. He clapped his hands and immediately the tables and chairs shoved aside, creating a dancefloor in the middle of the Hall.
"As promised there in a Ball tonight. May I introduce the Weird Sisters, who were delighted to come back and play again here at Hogwarts." He applauded and a few witches and wizards with strange-looking musical instruments appeared on stage.
"Cool, a few years ago they played here too at another Ball, they are really good" Hermione explained at Isabel, while applauding.
Professor Dumbledore asked Professor McGonagall for the first dance and within a few seconds the whole dancefloor was filled with couples. Ron asked Hermione for a dance and after him she danced with Neville and a seventh-year Ravenclaw. After a few dances she went to sit aside to rest for a while.
"You look lovely tonight, Miss Granger, my compliments" a soft voice whispered in her ear. Hermione felt goosebumps rise and looked aside as Severus came sitting next to her.
"Are you having a good time?"
Hermione nodded. 'Well, it's now or never' she thought and took a deep breath.
"Yes, Professor, I'm really enjoying myself, but I think it would be more enjoyable if you would care to dance with me"
Severus smiled at her. He knew he wanted that more than anything else, but he also knew it wasn't very reasonable. But it wasn't very reasonable to refuse as well, he knew it would hurt her and he didn't want to do that either.
"I would love to, Miss Granger" he said and offered his arm.
The two of them walked to the dancefloor when the band started a new song, a Slow Waltz. Severus took Hermione in his arms as if he did that all the time and the danced like they were the only couple on the dancefloor.
***
At the teachers' table Professor Dumbledore draw Professor McGonagall's attention to Hermione and Severus. "Aren't they a beautiful couple, Minerva ?" he asked her. Professor McGonagall nodded, she really had to agree with the headmaster.
***
The dance was over too soon, but Severus wasn't planning to let Hermione go. After another Waltz and a Quickstep Professor Dumbledore tapped him on the shoulder.
"If you don't mind, Severus, there are other ones' who want to dance with such a beautiful young woman" he said and with hestitation Severus let Hermione go. He intented that he would ask Hermione for another dance later that night.
***
An hour later Hermione was chatting with her friends amicably. At the feast and during the Ball she had drunk several glasses of wine so felt a little ligtht-headed, and she had a full bladder.
"I really need to go to the toilet" she said and stood up. She left the Hall without looking around, so she didn't notice someone was following her.
